Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday evening accused President Droupadi Murmu of doing the BJP's bidding even as Prime Minister Narendra Modi condemned what he called an “insult to the President”. I have great regards for you, but you were tapped by the BJP, BJP policy, BJP's instruction," the Bengal chief minister said in reply. The Bengal chief minister has been on a sit-in protest in the heart of Calcutta against the Election Commission's special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Bengal since Thursday. The Bengal chief minister also raised concerns about tribal women being removed from official lists. “It is equally unfortunate that a subject as important as Santal culture is treated so casually by the West Bengal Government.

Source: The Telegraph March 07, 2026 21:40 UTC